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REV. ANTONY GASPAR | REV. JOSEPH BAI | DN. CARLITO DE LOS REYES PASTOR ASSOC. PASTOR PERMANENT DEACON

PARISH OFFICE: OFFICE # 562-424-8595

FAX # 562-595-7875

OFFICE EMAIL: [email protected]

OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Fri: 8:30am-7:00pm

Sat: 9:00am-4:30pm Sun: 9:00am-2:00pm

Business Manager: Melissa Ray Office Manager: Olivia Baylen

MASS TIMES: Saturday 8:00am | 5:00pm (Vigil)

Sunday 7:30am | 9:00am | 10:45am 12:30pm | 5:30pm

Monday-Friday 8:00am

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: (1st Friday of the Month)

Every Wednesday (Novena after Mass) Rosary: 6:15pm | Mass: 6:30pm

CONFESSIONS: 1st Friday of the Month 7:15am-7:50am

Saturday 3:30pm-4:30pm

INFANT BAPTISMS: 4th Sunday of the Month: 2:30pm (must pre-register)

WEDDINGS: (6 Months Prior)

ANNOINTING OF SICK: (Call Parish Office)

MISSION STATEMENT “We, the Catholic Community of St. Barnabas Parish, are a people formed by Christ, called in Baptism and united in the Eucharist; we

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ST. BARNABAS SCHOOL Office: (562) 424-7476

Fax (562) 981-3351

3980 Marron Avenue Long Beach, CA 90807

Principal: Jennifer Kellam [email protected]

www.school.stbarnabaslb.org

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & CONFIRMATION

Office: (562) 988-6855 1130 Marshall Place

Long Beach, CA 90807 (Office located upstairs of Parish Center)

Email: [email protected]

Rel Ed Coordinator: Juan 562-341-7772

ADORATION COORDINATORS Charito Salas: (562) 490-9853 Myra Magbitang: (310) 749-0785

ALTAR SERVERS Sylvia Gaytan: (562) 477-2143

BASEBALL LEAGUE FOR YOUTH Joe Fletes (310) 480-4696

BULLETIN TEAM/SOCIAL MEDIA/WEBSITE Email: [email protected]

CENACLE MARIAN MOVEMENT Annie Pallivathukal: (562) 492-9587

COUPLES FOR CHRIST Roy/Faye Rivera: (562) 424-5366

DIVINE MERCY APOSTOLATE Alvino/Carmen Jauregui: (562) 336-1079

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Samanth Christi: (562) 521-4040 Church Jim Supancheck: (562) 424-3599

FILIPINO-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Dr. Gene Lowther: (562) 427-1386

FINANCE COUNCIL Espi Garcia: (562) 426-6897

HOLY NAME SOCIETY Bob Frazier: (562) 843-5824

INFANT BAPTISM Email: [email protected]

I.T. RESOURCE TEAM David Ameho (562) 253-3644

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS (Council #3449) Jun Tadique (562) 331-6156

LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION Robert Kalowes: (562) 225-1946

LECTORS Marina Cuico: (562) 254-8133

LEGION OF MARY Barbara Florida (562) 423-1278 LITURGICAL MUSIC COORDINATOR Ella Lagos: (562) 313-6891

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA Dn. Carlito de los Reyes: (562) 423-4140

OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE MINISTRY Tricia J: (303) 803-0287

PASTORAL COUNCIL Darrell Stewart: (562) 424-8982

PLANNING & BUILDING TEAM Sean Farragher: (562) 533-6444

PROJECT ACHIEVE MINISTRY Michelle Gustilo-Smithson:

RCIA / ADULT SACRAMENTAL PREP Religious Ed Office: (562) 988-6855

RESPECT LIFE Robert Kalowes: (562) 426-3781

ROSARY MINISTRY Paula Strickland: (562) 424-4853 Mabel Felix: (562) 852-7116

SACRISTANS Geraldine Johnston: (562) 498-8187

SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN & YOUTH Samanth Christi: (562) 521-4040

STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE Robert Kalowes: (562) 225-1946

USHERS & GREETERS Darrell Stewart: (562) 424-8982

WEDDING COORDINATOR Deb Ryan: (562) 209-2458

YOUTH MINISTRY Religious Ed Office: (562) 988-6855

WELCOME HOME MINISTRY Lisa Johnson: (562) 760-8138 Karen Miller: (562) 756-4144

WORSHIP ENVIRONMENT TEAM Email: [email protected]

KNIT/CROCHET MINISTRY Erica Murphy: 562-221-5196

Weekly Contribution:

$10,064.50

Faith-Direct Bi-Weekly Contribution:

$ 3,841.97 Period: 1/1 - 1/15

Thank you for your prayerful giving. Your generosity supports the operations of our

Parish Community.

Please join us in reciting the Rosary every morning (Mon-Sat) at 7:35am before daily Mass. It’s a beautiful and spiritual way to start your day. Every day following weekday Mass, we invite you to join us for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Prayers usually start approximately 5-10 minutes after Mass (around 8:40am). If you can’t join us, you can join the Divine Mercy on EWTN television channel at noon.

MINISTRY DIRECTORY FINANCIAL BLESSINGS

DAILY DEVOTIONS

Monthly Flower Donors for Tabernacle & Blessed Mother:

Frank & Julie Tusing Jan. 27– Feb. 13, 2018

Father Bai’s cell phone is for Emergencies Only, such as

anointing of the sick/Last Rites. (English/Chinese)

after office hours: (818) 613-8933 [email protected]

Visit our website to view current or previous bulletins & other upcoming events at: www.stbarnabaslb.org


We Pray for and remember our parishioners who have died.

Please pray for them and others already included in the Prayer Intention Book, which is presented at each Mass. Call the Office to be added to the Bulletin list. You may also write your own prayer intentions in the Prayer Intention Book, that is available before each Saturday and Sunday Mass, located on a stand at the main entrance of the Church.

The following names have been recently added: Razell Guevara, Barbara Adame, Dawnell Collier, Brandon Stott, Frank Florida, Richard Van Vooren, Ryan Lansigan, Melanie Souberon, Lenora Ross, Andres Capitulo, Maribel Capil, Serena Encinas, Antonio Montuya, Julie Druilard, Resanti Olivares, Debbie Miller, Aida Valerio, Norma Chavez, Dr. James Mayo, Edward Morris, Michael Bourque, Debbie Miller

Jorel Jenson 1/22

Manuel Granados 1/23

*Book your Mass Intentions in person, at the Parish Office. (+indicates deceased)

•2/10 Passion & Purpose for Marriage pg 7 •2/10 Bowling Fun pg 4 •2/11 Together In Mission Campaign begins •2/11 Filipino-American Association Mtg. 6:30pm •2/14 Ash Wednesday—Lent Begins •2/16 Friday Fish Fry pg •2/19 President’s Day •3/15 -18 Religious Education Conference pg 6

First Reading — Job experienced months of misery and troubled nights (Job 7:1-4, 6-7).

Psalm — Praise the Lord, who heals the brokenhearted (Psalm 147).

Second Reading — I have become all things to all, to save at least some (1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23).

Gospel — Jesus cured many who were sick with various diseases (Mark 1:29-39). The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Internation-al Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

Sunday: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; World Day for Consecrated Life; Boy Scouting Sunday Monday: St. Agatha Tuesday: St. Paul Miki and Companions Thursday: St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita; International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking Saturday: St. Scholastica

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WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS

TODAY’S READINGS

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

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PRAY FOR THE SICK

WE REMEMBER...

Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-5, 10-11; Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-37, 40; Mk 7:24-30 Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-15; Mk 7:31-37 Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-22; Mk 8:1-10 Sunday: Lv 13:1-2, 44-46; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 11; 1 Cor 10:31 — 11:1; Mk 1:40-45

Monday, February 5th 9:00 am- +Brian Arnold; +Lisa Posca; +Darren Fieldhouse Tuesday, February 6th 8:00 am- +Michael Franklin; +Greg Pereira Wednesday, February 7th 8:00 am- All Parish Ministries 6:30 pm- +Olympio J. Miranda Thursday, February 8th 8:00 am- Liam Campbell; +Lois Watson Friday, February 9th 8:00 am- Joyce Kaiser Saturday, February 10th 8:00 am- St. Barnabas Teachers & Staff 5:00 pm- +Mabel Burton Sunday, February 11th 7:30 am- +Andres & +Conchita Manalo 9:00 am- Religious Ed Students 10:45 am- St. Barnabas Parishioners 12:30 pm- +Rodolfo Estrada Raya 5:30 pm- Belen Masa

SAINT PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000 people. Three and a half centuries before, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, now known as the Holy Mountain, overlooking Nagasaki. Among them were priests, brothers, and laymen, Franciscans, Jesuits, and members of the Secular Franciscan Order; there were catechists, doctors, simple artisans, and servants, old men and innocent children—all united in a common faith and love for Jesus and his Church.

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New/Re-Registered Parishioners: Julio & Cecilia Lara, Demetrio & Rita Garcia, Michael & Kimberly Huang, and their families

Wedding Anniversaries: Frank & Julie Atienza 2/16 (40yrs) Robert & Melissa Ray 2/28

INFANT BAPTISMS: Jace Lucca Vicente 1/27, Jaxon River Colón 1/28, Matthew I. Rodriguez 1/28

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PARISH NEWS & MORE

CONGRATULATIONS TO

TOGETHER IN MISSION Next weekend is Together in Mission’s Commitment Sunday. Archbishop Gomez invites us to make our annual commitment to help those parishes and schools that need our support to continue serving the spiritual needs of our neediest communities.

====================================== CHILDREN LECTORS Looking for interested children in becoming Lectors for the 5:30pm Mass. Please call Marina at 562-254-8133 if you are interested. We would love to have the kids involved in Mass! ====================================== VIRTUS TRAINING VIRTUS® “Protecting God’s Children” is a three hour training for adults which teaches the five basic steps of child sexual abuse prevention. This program is mandated for all adults who work with or around children or youth on a regular basis. Nearly 200,000 clergy, staff, volunteers and parents have attended the program. For information call: (213) 637-7227. ====================================== CONTRIBUTION LETTERS The Parish will AUTOMATICALLY MAIL OUT contribution letters to parishioners who contributed $500 or more for 2017. If you still would like a copy of your contributions of less than that amount, please email the Parish Office with your request, at: [email protected] and provide your full name and address.

PALM COLLECTION Ashes for Ash Wednesday are made from the blessed palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration of the previous year. Place old palms in the designated baskets near the Baptismal Font in the Church. ====================================== • FEB 14 ASH WEDNESDAY This year, Ash Wednesday will be February 14, 2018. Ashes will be distributed during the masses which will be held at: 8 am, 12 Noon, 5pm and 7pm. • FEB 16 - MARCH 23 - EVERY FRIDAY Stations of the Cross: 5:30 PM In order to meaningfully observe the season of Lent, we will pray the Stations of the Cross every Friday, at 5:30pm followed by Mass at 6:00pm. Please make an attempt to participate in these Lenten worship activities. Led by: 2/16: Divine Mercy Apostolate 2/23: Rosary Ministry Mass: 6:00 pm Lenten Fish Fry Dinner 6:00pm - 8:30pm / Parish Hall

LENT ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

Together In Mission 2018: “Let Us Love” For more info, visit: www.ourmissionla.org


NEED LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Looking to serve in a rewarding Ministry? We are in need of Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers. Please contact the following people for more information: Lectors—Call Marina: 562-254-8133 Eucharistic Ministers—Call Sam: 562-521-4040 Download a volunteer form from our Church website. ===================================== FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Please join us in our next meeting on Sunday, February 11th at 6:30pm in the Par ish Hall. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will also have a potluck dinner, so please bring a dish to share. For more information, please call Dr. Gene R. Lowther at (562) 427-1386 or Peter Salas at (562) 852-1180. ====================================== BOWLING FUN! The Knights of Columbus & The Filipino-American Association would like to invite you for some fun at our Bowling Event on Saturday, February 10th, 2018 from 2pm-4pm at Cal-Bowl in Lakewood (2500 E. Carson St., Lakewood, CA 90712) $25/per person - includes free shoes and light-weight bowling balls. Bring the entire family! Contact Alex Turla 562-290-2019 or Dr. Gene Lowther 562-427-1386 for more details!

========================================= SCHOOL STUDENT NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY The school, mindful of its mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students regardless of race, color or national and/or ethnic origin to all rights, privi-leges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, col-or, disability, sex or national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of educational policies, admissions poli-cies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and oth-er school-administered programs, although certain athlet-ic leagues and other programs may limit participation and some archdiocesan schools operate as single sex schools. While the school does not discriminate against students with special needs, a full range of services may not always be available to them. Decisions concerning the admission and continued enrollment of a student in the school are based upon the student’s emotional, academic and physi-cal abilities and the resources available to the school in meeting the student’s needs.

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PARISH MINISTRIES ST. BARNABAS SCHOOL NEWS St. Barnabas School Presents our

Annual Spring Event 2018 and Aladdin Jr. Support Our Sports on Friday, April 27th & Dinner Theater on Saturday, April 28th

Venue: Saint Joseph High School, Lakewood

PLAYBILL ADS and SPONSORSHIP TABLES for our dinner theater on Saturday night, April 28th are now available for purchase!

Perhaps you own a small business or work for a company who could sponsor a table? Consider supporting Spring Event buy purchasing a table at our dinner theater. It’s a fun night out and great way to support the school.

If you are a small business owner, or you know someone who owns their own law firm, accounting office, restaurant, tutoring service, hair salon, etc. (think uncle, sister, grandpa), we would love to feature their ad in our colorful playbill. Rates range from just $100 for a business card size to $500 for a full-page ad.

Contact Maggie Gisel at [email protected] for further information.

Fast. Pray. Give up your Envelopes! We invite you to help your parish save money by giving up your

offertory envelopes this Lent! Enrolling

with Faith Direct will provide St. Barnabas with consistent support and simplify your giving without the wasteful envelopes.

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Thank you for your continued support of our parish family! God Bless You, Fr. Antony Gaspar, Fr. Joseph Bai & Staff



Looking for a Valentine’s present for your beloved. Here is a wonderful opportunity to share some quality time together.

St. Barnabas will join Our Lady of Refuge in co-sponsoring “Passion and Purpose for Marriage” presented by

speaker Dr. Allen Hunt from Dynamic Catholic.

It will be held at Our Lady of Refuge on Sat, February 10 from 9am-1:30pm. This program is meant for engaged or married couples of all ages. The perfect gift for your spouse—uninterrupted time together focused on each other. The cost of the day is $25 per person. Buy your tickets online, at DynamicCatholic.com or call 859-980-7900. Give a gift that can change lives this Christmas! Any questions please call Terri Furlow at 562-427-8048.

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POPE FRANCIS@PONTIFEX 1/31/18- Jesus is our mediator, who reconciles us not only with the Father but also with each other. 1/30/18- Goodness, together with love, justice and solidarity, are not achieved once and for all; they have to be realized each day.

1/29/18- Through prayer we can enter into a stable relationship with God, the source of true joy. 1/28/18- I pray for those who suffer from Hansen’s Disease and I encourage those who are committed to their care and reintegration into society. 1/27/18- Here we are, Lord, ashamed of what humanity, made in your image and likeness, is capable of doing. Remember us in your mercy. 1/26/18- Christian joy cannot be bought. It comes from faith and from meeting Jesus Christ, who is the reason for our happiness. 1/25/2018- Prayer allows us to see one another the way God our Father sees us, and to realize that we are brothers and sisters.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CONGRESS

St. Barnabas Parish Catholic Baseball League has co-ed programs available to all children ages 4-12. • Stress Free / No Pressure environment.

• The primary objective is to learn the game of baseball while having FUN!

• Players are able to play with friends and classmates of our Parish

• Players get to experience success while developing skills used throughout life.

Practices are stating soon. The season will be will begin in March. Registrations will begin very soon, so please be on the lookout. If you are interested and would like to receive information, please contact Joe Fletes at [email protected]."

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We stand before this cross — “La Cruz de los Encuen-tros.” This is where our journey has led us — the journey of our lives, and our journey as Latino Catholics from Los Angeles and throughout the Americas. This cross reminds us that every life must become a “cross-roads” — every life must become a “way of the cross.” The path of every life leads to this intersection where we encounter Jesus, just as the first disciples did on the road to Emmaus in the story we have from St. Luke’s Gospel. In his love, in his mercy, Jesus wants to draw near to every one of us on our journey. He wants to go with us along the way of our life. Like those disciples on the road to Emmaus, sometimes we are too distracted — we might be hurt, wounded by life’s disappointments — and our eyes are prevented from recognizing him. But Jesus draws near to be with us, no matter what point we are at on the road of life. We may be sunk in despair or lost like the prodigal son in sin and bad living. But Jesus comes to seek us out. Today, in this moment, Jesus comes to us once more. So, we need to give our hearts again to him. We need to invite him into our lives, just as those first disciples did when they said, “Stay with us.” We need to allow his words of love once more to burn in our hearts. We need to join our lives to his life in the Eu-charist, to let him open our eyes to know him “in the breaking of the bread.” As those first disciples did, today we need to take up our cross and walk behind Jesus, following him as he carries his cross before us. Two years ago, during his pilgrimage to the United States, I had the joy to present Pope Francis with “La Cruz de los Encuentros” on behalf of all Latino Catholics in this country and throughout the Americas. This cross we stand before today is intended to be a rep-lica of that Encuentro Cross, which symbolizes the nation-al Encuentros sponsored over the years by the Catholic bishops of this country. For me, and for many in my generation, the experience of the Encuentro inspired our faith and gave us a great sense of our responsibility as Latinos to be leaders in the Church and leaders in the new evangelization of our coun-try. And this is what this Fifth Encuentro is all about. As Latinos we are called to be the leaders of our Church. We are not newcomers or latecomers or outliers. The first

Catholics in this country were Latinos from Spain and from Mexico! Never forget that, my brothers and sisters! Pope Francis came to this country as the first pope from Latin America and the first pope to speak Spanish as his native language. And when he came to this country, the first thing he did was to canonize our first Latino saint — St. Junípero Serra, the great missionary founder of Califor-nia and the United States. Pope Francis did that to stir our hearts, to stir our memo-ries and our pride. The pope is calling us to remember who we are and where we came from as Latinos. It was Latino missionaries like St. Junípero who led the first “encuentro” — the first encounter of the peoples of this country with Jesus Christ. But this Encuentro is not just about Latinos! It is about the whole Church coming together — men and women, black and white, Latinos, Africans, Asians, Europeans, the peoples of Oceania, all the beautiful diversity that makes up the family of God here in Los Angeles and throughout the United States. We are all called to live as children of God and to pro-claim Christ as missionary disciples. The disciples at Emmaus set out at once to tell everyone of their encounter with Jesus Christ. This is our task now. This is the call of this Fifth Encuentro. Let us walk behind Jesus and take up our cross, follow-ing him and bringing the people of our times to a new en-counter with Jesus Christ and the mercy and love of God. Let us reach out especially to those who are on the “peripheries” — the homeless and the immigrant, the sick and the suffering, the child waiting to be born, the prisoner hoping for a second chance. Let us walk together with Jesus and bring our nation and our world to the new encounter with Jesus Christ. This is where the path of our lives has led us — to this Fifth Encuentro. I pray that this will truly be for all of us a new encounter with Jesus. And may our Blessed Mother, the Virgin of Guadalupe, watch over you with her tender love. You can follow Archbishop Gomez daily via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Every life is a ‘cross-roads’ Archbishop José H. Gomez Jan. 31, 2018

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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles prays in front of a cross Jan. 27 dur-ing a gathering of more than 1,000 Catholic lay leaders, clergy and religious from 52 parishes in all regions of the Los Angeles Archdiocese at the Pasadena Convention Center. (Victor Aleman, Angelus News)



TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION We’re reading St. Paul’s letter to the Corinthians these days. What was Corinth like? It had a beautiful setting on an isthmus, about fifty miles from Athens. The location makes for very easy exchange by sea routes between Greece and Italy, a factor in its economic success even today. In Paul’s day it was a cosmopolitan and wealthy city with inhabitants drawn from all over the world, including a sizeable Jewish community. When Paul arrived about the year 50, the city was only about a century old, but already five times the size of Athens. Paul lived in Corinth for a year and a half, and a few years later came back for three months. The community of Christians there struggled against the influence of a very secular and self-indulgent society that was blind to the plight of the poor. Pagan attitudes afflicted the community, which had a way of breaking Paul’s heart; he wrote to them sometimes “with many tears” (2 Corinthians 2:4). Today, Corinth is a small industrial city. Its historic core has been destroyed by a series of earthquakes over the centuries, and what little remained was totally obliterated in a war with Turkey in the 1820s. There’s a core city with glamorous shops to catch the tourists, but it is mainly a cargo port, with piles of marble, tiles, and minerals everywhere, a huge oil refinery nearby, a busy canal, a modern fast rail line to Athens, and a meeting point of major highways. Today, the remains of the Temple of Apollo and the marketplace are more ruined than most such sites. The glory of the city Paul knew well has faded, but the relevance of his words shines through the centuries. —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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